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Detachment from worldly things is the most essential qualification required for a true dervish. His separation from everything, including his own self is the only way for the realization of kingship with God.

— Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

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The saint enjoys real attachment to God when he experiences states of contentment and satisfaction.

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Communion with God is conferred after the dervish has become alien to all else.

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The seekers on the path of God are a community who are overwhelmed in the ocean of love from head to nail of the foot.

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Fear is a whip of God for the undisciplined devotee. When the fear of God enters into the heart, it turns the flask of the heart into pieces.

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The gnostic (arif) attains the station of passionate love of God so that he may experience Godhead or His pure Essence.

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